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HESI RN COMPASS EXIT EXAM NEWEST 2025/2026 ACTUAL EXAM
WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR
VERIFIED||
1.) A Hispanic client in the postpartum period refuses the hospital
food because it is "cold". The best initial action by the nurse is to
a. Have the UAP reheat the food if the client wishes
b. Ask the client what foods are acceptable or bad
c. Encourage her to eat for healing and strength
d. Schedule the dietitian to meet with the client as soon as
possible - ANSWER-ask the client what foods are acceptable or
bad
1.) The father of an 8-month old infant asks the nurse is his
infant's vocalizations are normal for his age. Which of the
following would the nurse expect at this age?
a. Cooing
b. Imitation of sounds
c. Throaty sounds
d. Laughter - ANSWER-imitation of sounds
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1.) The nurse should recognize that physical dependance is
accompanied by what findings when alcohol consumption is first
reduced or ended?
a. Seizures
b. Withdrawal
c. Craving
d. Marked tolerance - ANSWER-withdrawal
1.) Immediately following an acute battering incident in a violent
relationship, the batterer may respond to the partners injuries by
a. Seeking medical help for the victim's injuries
b. Minimizing the episode and underestimating the victim's
injuries
c. Contacting a close friend and asking for help
d. Being very remorseful and assisting the victim with medical
care - ANSWER-Minimizing the episode and underestimating the
victim's injuries
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1.) The nurse is planning to give a 3 year old child oral digoxin.
Which of the following is the bet approach by the nurse?
a. "Do you want to take this pretty red medicine?"
b. "You will feel better if you take your medicine"
c. "This is your medicine, and you mist take it all right now"
d. "Would you like to take your medicine from a spoon or a cup?"
- ANSWER-Would you like to take your medicine from a spoon or
a cup
1.) In planning care for a child diagnosed with minimal change
nephrotic syndrome, the nurse should understand the relationship
between edema formation and
a. Increased retention of albumin in the vascular system
b. Decreased colloidal osmotic pressure in the capillaries
c. Fluid shift from interstitial spaces into the vascular space
d. Reduced tubular reabsorption of sodium and water - ANSWER-
Decreased colloidal osmotic pressure in the capillaries
1.) An 18 month old has been brought to the emergency room
with irritability, lethargy, over 2 days, dry skin and increased pulse.
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Based upon the evaluation of these initial findings, the nurse
would assess the child for additional findings of
a. Septicemia
b. Dehydration
c. Hypokalemia
d. Hypercalcemia - ANSWER-dehydration
1.) A client who has been drinking for five years sates that he
drinks when he gets upset about "things" such as being
unemployed or feeling like life is not leading anywhere. The nurse
understands that the client is using alcohol as a way to deal with
a. Recreational and social needs
b. Feelings of anger
c. Life stressor's
d. Issues of guilt and disappointment - ANSWER-life stressor's
1.) The nurse is monitoring the contractions of a women in labor.
A contraction is recorded as beginning at 10:00am and ending at
10:01am. Another begins at 10:15am. What is the frequency of
the contractions?
HESI RN COMPASS EXIT EXAM NEWEST 2025/2026 ACTUAL EXAM
WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR
VERIFIED||
1.) A Hispanic client in the postpartum period refuses the hospital
food because it is "cold". The best initial action by the nurse is to
a. Have the UAP reheat the food if the client wishes
b. Ask the client what foods are acceptable or bad
c. Encourage her to eat for healing and strength
d. Schedule the dietitian to meet with the client as soon as
possible - ANSWER-ask the client what foods are acceptable or
bad
1.) The father of an 8-month old infant asks the nurse is his
infant's vocalizations are normal for his age. Which of the
following would the nurse expect at this age?
a. Cooing
b. Imitation of sounds
c. Throaty sounds
d. Laughter - ANSWER-imitation of sounds
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1.) The nurse should recognize that physical dependance is
accompanied by what findings when alcohol consumption is first
reduced or ended?
a. Seizures
b. Withdrawal
c. Craving
d. Marked tolerance - ANSWER-withdrawal
1.) Immediately following an acute battering incident in a violent
relationship, the batterer may respond to the partners injuries by
a. Seeking medical help for the victim's injuries
b. Minimizing the episode and underestimating the victim's
injuries
c. Contacting a close friend and asking for help
d. Being very remorseful and assisting the victim with medical
care - ANSWER-Minimizing the episode and underestimating the
victim's injuries
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1.) The nurse is planning to give a 3 year old child oral digoxin.
Which of the following is the bet approach by the nurse?
a. "Do you want to take this pretty red medicine?"
b. "You will feel better if you take your medicine"
c. "This is your medicine, and you mist take it all right now"
d. "Would you like to take your medicine from a spoon or a cup?"
- ANSWER-Would you like to take your medicine from a spoon or
a cup
1.) In planning care for a child diagnosed with minimal change
nephrotic syndrome, the nurse should understand the relationship
between edema formation and
a. Increased retention of albumin in the vascular system
b. Decreased colloidal osmotic pressure in the capillaries
c. Fluid shift from interstitial spaces into the vascular space
d. Reduced tubular reabsorption of sodium and water - ANSWER-
Decreased colloidal osmotic pressure in the capillaries
1.) An 18 month old has been brought to the emergency room
with irritability, lethargy, over 2 days, dry skin and increased pulse.
, 4|Page
Based upon the evaluation of these initial findings, the nurse
would assess the child for additional findings of
a. Septicemia
b. Dehydration
c. Hypokalemia
d. Hypercalcemia - ANSWER-dehydration
1.) A client who has been drinking for five years sates that he
drinks when he gets upset about "things" such as being
unemployed or feeling like life is not leading anywhere. The nurse
understands that the client is using alcohol as a way to deal with
a. Recreational and social needs
b. Feelings of anger
c. Life stressor's
d. Issues of guilt and disappointment - ANSWER-life stressor's
1.) The nurse is monitoring the contractions of a women in labor.
A contraction is recorded as beginning at 10:00am and ending at
10:01am. Another begins at 10:15am. What is the frequency of
the contractions?
